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Need a new personal seal/hanko for all your official paperwork in Japan? Then you'll definitely want one of these adorable cat stamps! As long-time readers may already know, people in Japan don't usually sign official documents - instead, they use...

We thought we'd seen everything from Japan, but this is one thing we never saw coming. We've come across a lot of unusual anime merchandise aimed at the otaku geek market in Japan, but it turns out there's one product that's been three years in th...

A post on Twitter has spurred speculation that the upcoming arcade game to PS4 port of Sega's popular rhythm game Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone may contain a truly massive set list. ちゃんと動いとるよ 写真撮りながらゲームは当然できません pic.

If you're looking to escape the hustle and bustle of Tokyo, but still would like to cross off visiting anime-inspired spots on your bucket list, then look no further thank Saitama Prefecture for these six manga/anime were all inspired by the Great...

The Love Live series is based on the idea that fans get to choose. It's the "ultimate user-participation project" for otakus that started in 2010. Now Love Live has started off the new year by announcing a new Love Live anime project: Love Live!

Good Smile Company's chibi Nendoroid figures are getting into the voice acting business, or at least Seiyu Life's rookie Futaba Ichinose is. The character from Futaba Ichinose and Kenjiro Hata's comedy manga and its anime adaptation is now on sale...

Days is an upcoming TV anime adaptation of the soccer manga by Tsuyoshi Yasuda, which follows soccer prodigy Jin and his unlikely friend Tsukushi who has no talent at sports. Nevertheless, Tsukushi has passion, so they navigate the world of high s...

The start of the year signals the start of the new taiga drama "Sanada Maru" starring Sakai Masato. Horikita Maki stars in her first drama after marriage, "Higanbana" which previously aired as a drama special.

During the Saekano SHOP 2016 event over at Akihabara UDX, Aniplex+ unveiled a life-size statue of the ""plain" and "boring" main heroine of Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend, Megumi Kato, and they have revealed that they are making 10 of t...

Welcome 2016 with this action packed calendar of popular mecha anime series Mobile Suit Gundam. Look forward to flipping to a new month featuring an action packed yet beautiful illustrations of your favorite gundam.

By Jenni . January 13, 2016 . 10:30am Bandai Namco had offered a 2016 release window for Tales of Symphonia HD's Windows PC release for the longest time, but now we have an exact date. The classic JRPG will come to computers the first week of Febr...

A lot of people like to complain that today's anime is shit and was better in the past. These days anime is filled with useless fanservice, moe blob, and lack of any plot. Well I'm here to prove all of you wrong.

How many adorable pictures could our favorite cosplaying Shiba Inus take in six months? Twitter user C_Suzuki (@C_S0325) has a pair of super cute dogs named S and H. We've been avid followers of their antics and stylish costumes since last year, a...

One-Punch Man anime creator Yusuke Murata promised fans that he would try his hardest to bring them season 2 as soon as possible. Although a second season has yet to be confirmed, given the success of both the manga and anime it will be surprising...

Diamond Comic Distributors published its list of the 100 best-selling manga of 2015, which has 2014 champ Attack on Titan being dethroned by an unlikely hero. This year the top spot goes to Viz Media's release of Shotaro Ishinomori's The Legend of...

Sorry! If you are a dude, then you cannot enter Osaka's Ataraxia Cafe, which is aimed strictly at lady geeks. It's apparently the first of its kind in Japan. Over the years, there have been a variety of cafes aimed at women otaku, such as "butler ...

Snow White with the Red Hair Episode #13 Shirayuki is back and once again finding herself the subject of unwanted attention. What They Say: In the kingdom of Tanbarun lives Shirayuki, an independent and strong-willed young woman.

The Pokemon fighting game, Pokken Tournament, is headed for the Wii U, and a magazine scan from the latest edition of CoroCoro Magazine has revealed three new additions for the Wii U version. According to the scan, Mewtwo, Garchomp, and Braixen wi...

Rumors are running rampant that SMAP has broken up. Four members of the group, Nakai Masahiro, Inagaki Goro, Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, and Katori Shingo, are reported to have left the company due to the resignation of their manager, Iijima Michi.

A new visual for the anime adaptation of the Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm (Four Rhythm Across the Blue) visual novel has been revealed in the February 2016 issue of NewType. You can purchase this issue here (get 5% off with coupon code MOE-N3Y-4YW0...

Square Enix and tri-Ace revealed the latest trailer for Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness with an introduction video for the protagonist Fidel Camuze. The video gives us a look at Fidel interacting with several characters along with some bat...

The NIS America Online Store has a limited edition release of Nights of Azure, known as Yoru no Nai Kuni in Japan, up for pre-order on PlayStation 4. $99. 99 will net you a copy of the game, a full-color 40-page hardcover art book, 36-track origin...

As we reported earlier, media outlets reported that SMAP is disbanding. According to Sponichi Annex, on the 12th, the group's 58-year-old female manager who is often described as their 'foster parent', resigned from the position of director from J...

Jan13 Sprite Eroge's Flying Circus My goodness but the first half doesn't spare us a single schoolgirl style anime trope; if the audience were baby seals we'd be coats by now. But luckily that's to get us over the hump of what might be a standard ...

'BELIEVE いつでも俺はここにいる' (BELIEVE Itsu demo ore wa koko ni imasu") "Believe - I Will Always Be Here" A second entry that, despite some missteps, proves to be a strong one. This week Prince of Stride Alternative gave us a promising glimpse at the acti...

The talented blacksmiths from Man At Arms have forged yet another familiar blade for otaku and Silent Hill fans to fawn over, with Pyramid Head's great knife being recreated in all its monstrous glory.

From the Monogatari series comes a movie trilogy, Kizumonogatari, which is a prequel of the series. The first part: Tekketsu, was released in Japan on 8 January, 2016, and a cast greeting was held at TOHO cinemas in Shinjuku.

The two charming maiden protagonists of Atelier Shallie Plus have obtained trailers of their very own, giving RPG fanatics a much needed glimpse of the game's plot and battles to see if the title is worth a purchase, the game's two lovely heroines...